Traction-wheel



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- f D. PAYNE.

TRAGTION WHEEL.

No. 302,020. Patented July-15, 1884.

* v B Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

DANIEL PAYNE,`OE SOUTHSIDE, MINNESOTA.y

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` SIECIFICATION-forming partI of Letters Patent No. 302,020,`dated July 15,1884.

Application filed Bebruary 25, 1884. (No model.)

To ail whom vit may concern/.-

Be it known that-I, DANIEL PAYNE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing ing Wheels of Traction-Engines fromSlipping,

of which the following is a specification, ref

erence being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relatesl to improvements in traction-engines, and has forits Objects to providel an attachment whichmay be quickly secured or removed from the periphery of the driving wheels, which will n preventl slipping whenthe ground is wet, soft, or sandy-f-as, for instance, in a manure-yard. These objectsare attained by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a partof` this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation Of a wheel having sixof these attachments in position. Fig-2 is an elevation showing the face of a'wheel I having four of these attachments in sight.

Fig. 3 is a detailed view of one of these -attachments and a transversescction of the rim or tire of the wheel. Fig. 4 isa view'of the split pin. A The letter A indicates a wheel of a tractionengine.

B is the -partof the attachment which fits up against the tire of the Wheel, and is provided with a hooked portion, B', also a projecting rib Or hange, B", which is intended to enter the'yielding surface of the ground. An 3 5 opening in the part B .(shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3) and corresponding openings in the rim or tire of thewheel' are intended to receive the bolts C', by means of' which the attachment and the rim Vor tire of the wheel are 4oing to the size of the driving-wheels or other circumstances, five or six being the number I 5o prefer.l

The attachment is to be made Of metal.

Havingdescribed my invention, what I del sire to secure by Letters Patent, and claim, is-

In a traction-engine, a cleat, B, havin ga projecting rib, B, and hook B', and hole C, adapted to receive a bolt, C', in combination with a wheel, A, having apertures in its face for theI passage of said bolt, and the split key,l D, as described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' DANIEL PAYNE.

Witnesses:

CHAS. H. STEVENS,

I. W. CAMERON. 

